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NEIdeas winners featured on American Black Journal

On Sunday, January 15, Detroit entrepreneurs Willie Brake and Laura Lee joined NEI director Pam Lewis and host Stephen Henderson to discuss support opportunities available to local small businesses on Detroit Public Television’s American Black Journal program.

Mr. Brake, owner of All About Technology, and Ms. Lee, co-owner of JLH Heating and Air Conditioning, are both recent winners of the NEIdeas small business challenge, a program of the New Economy Initiative that rewards existing businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park with cash and support for their ideas for growth.